KS Conservation News Digest

New spider family identified in Oregon

Cave hunting biologists from San Francisco, working with a team of speleologists in the wilds of southern Oregon, have discovered a new family of spiders never before known to science.

'Common ground' reached on praised BLM timber project

An ecologically-based timber sale the Bureau of Land Management is offering in the Butte Falls Resource Area has drawn rave reviews from both the timber industry and environmental camps.

Gas pipeline discussion goes public

Open house planned on proposal for 36-inch line stretching from Coos Bay to Malin; plan now is to export

Klamath-Siskiyou Forests Ranked High for Species Survival

New Study by Conservation Biologists Say Mid and Low Elevation Sites May Buffer from Climate Change

Ten years after: the Biscuit fire revisited

It's been nearly 10 years since the July 2002 lightning storm that sparked the 500,000 acre Biscuit fire.

Rare daisy-like flower fanning controversy over road-closure plan for Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

 

We have the chance to protect the Chetco River by ending in-stream mining

 

DeFazio timber bill slights water quality, recreation, salmon

 

Biscuit Fire 10 Years Later

 

10 great places to see spring wildflowers

Mount Ashland listed in USA Today as a top 10 location to see wildflowers!

California wolf trek shows importance of wilderness

 

Southern Oregon jewels bring millions to region

Visitors to Crater Lake and Oregon Caves spent more than $40 million in 2010

BLM Should Manage Forests for the Benefit of Everyone

Medford, OR – As Secretary Salazar visits southern Oregon public forests, local conservation group KS Wild urges the Bureau of Land Management to balance the needs of the land and the surrounding communities.

We all have a stake in BLM forests

Editorial by Joseph Vaile: BLM lands play a critical role in the livelihood and quality of life of just about everyone in Southern Oregon.

POLL SHOWS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR ROGUE RIVER WILDERNESS

Southwest Oregon voters favor additional protections for the Rogue River, according to a new poll by the public opinion research firm Moore Information.

DeFazio's bill targets LNG pipeline project

It would clarify the reasons a government can use exceptions to build on private land

Miner sentenced to a year in prison for operating illegally

A Gold Hill man twice convicted of illegally mining on public land has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Poll shows support for protecting lower Rogue

A poll of 300 people in southwest Oregon indicate that more than 75 percent of respondents support additional protection for the lower Rogue River corridor.

Four groups protest BLM's Grizzly Peak timber plan

They cite concerns about cutting of larger trees and road-building

Four Southern Oregon trails named as historic places

All are located in the Oregon Caves National Monument